Analgesic Activity of young stem of Melocanna baccifera and extract of a traditional Tribal food ingredient. chakhwi
Uma Namasudra1 , B. Iplab D.E.2 and Debabrata Bhawmik3
Department of Human Physiology, R. K. Mahavidyalaya. Kailashahar, Unakoti Tripura, 799277 (India) Regional Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Abhoynagar, Agartala, 799005 (India) Bhavan’s Tripura College of Science & Technology, Anandanagar, Agartala (India)
ABSTRACT
The analgesic activity of the methanolic extract of young bamboo stem i.e Melocanna baccifera and extract of chakhwci has been studied in acetic acid induced model. The result indicated that these possess significant analgesic activity at the dose of 100mg/kg bw. Both the activities were compared with standard drug aspirin.